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Sydney Kingsford Smith SYD Airport Overview

Sydney Airport SYD is Australia's largest & busiest airport, and has been named as offering the world's best airport food provider.
The Airport is located in the suburb of Mascot, city of Sydney, in New South Wales, Australia.

The Airport is surrounded by a ring road consisting of Airport Drive, Qantas Drive, General Holmes Drive, M5 East Freeway & Marsh Street. Inside the Airport is a partial ring road, the Ross Smith Avenue, which connects the Domestic Terminal with long-term parking, McDonalds & and hotel. Sydney Airport is accessible by the Southern Cross Drive M1 motorway, the quickest connection to city center; and by the M5 South Western motorway, including the M5 East link, from the southwestern suburbs.

With three long runways and an estimated 36.9 million passengers in 2012, Sydney Airport is major hub to Qantas and secondary hub for Virgin Blue, Jetstar & Tiger Airways Australia, and it is served by a host of domestic and international airlines offering direct and connecting flights to all points of the globe.

Note that arriving Australian and New Zealand passport holders can use the self-service SmartGate with facial recognition technology for faster passport control.

The new on-Airport Hotel Rydges, a four-star hotel with 331 rooms and amenities, to be located at the International Terminal, will be completed in 2013.
The passenger terminal complex at Sydney Airport consists of three operational passenger terminals – T1, T2 & T3.  While the Domestic precinct includes Terminals 2 & 3 (they have a short walking path in between), the international precinct, which includes the International Terminal 1, is a distance away, necessitating the use of transportation. ((For more information, please refer to 'Terminal Map' page.)
Parking options at Sydney Airport:  (For more information, please refer to 'Airport Parking' page.)

Rental car desks for major agencies are located in the Arrivals area of both terminals.

To get from Sydney Airport to your destination, you can rent a car, take a taxi or limo, a bus or a train:
1. Taxis & Limos:  are available from the sheltered ranks in front of each terminal, where supervisors can arrange for baby seats, wheelchair access, 5-seaters, station wagons or maxi taxis for groups. Limo service from Terminals 1 or 2 need t be pre-arranged; a reservation counter by Royale Limousines is in Terminal 1, arrivals.
2. Shuttle buses to city & suburbs:  Buses need to be prebooked; check listing in Yellow Pages under 'Airport Shuttle Services'.
3. Buses: The Sydney Bus, Route 400 Burwood to Bondi Junction, makes stops at all three terminals and connects to the eastern suburbs, Inner West and St. George.  Private shuttle buses serve Southerland Shire, Blue Mountains & Central Coast.
4. Trains: The Airport has two ‘Airport Link’ train stations - for the the Domestic Terminal the station is directly between Terminals 2 & 3, accessibe from inside the arrivals level - for the International Teminal the train staton is at the northern end of it, accessib le from the arrivals level. For more information call +6 2 8337 8417. Trains run every 10 mins to the City center & take about 13 mins. When traveling to the suburbs, simply change at Central Station for suburban services.

Future Airport Developments:   The Airport is to be transformed into two airline alliance-based areas by integrating international, domestic and regional services under one roof - expected to be operational by 2019.


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Sydney Kingsford Smith SYD Airport Update History

  • Updated SYD Food & Stores page - May 13, 2013
  • Updated SYD Airports page - May 13, 2013
  • Updated SYD Main Terminals page - Apr 19, 2013
  • Updated SYD Airport Intro page - Apr 19, 2013
  • Updated SYD Terminal Map page - Mar 15, 2013
  • Updated SYD Direct Flights page - Mar 12, 2013
  • Updated SYD Official Website Links page - Feb 24, 2013
  • Updated SYD Parking On site page - Dec 26, 2012
  • Updated SYD Currency Exchange page - Dec 11, 2012
  • Updated SYD Lost Found page - Dec 11, 2012
  • Updated SYD Banking ATM page - Dec 11, 2012